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Sunday, September 23, 2007
Day 14: Hanging out in Glasgow
After a decent breakfast at the hotel, we headed over to the Glasgow Cathedral. Wow.
Although they began to build the Cathedral in 1197 (took 200 years), there have been "holy" things on the ground there going back to 397. that's old. Just think, the guys who were building the cathedral were saying the same things back in the 1200s. "ach, that's some old shite". After stumbling around the cathedral and the graveyard, we were sitting down for some tea. I said to T that Saint Mungo was supposedly burried in the basement and an old dude at the next table said, "that's not exactly right". He came and sat with us and chatted for at least 1/2 an hour.
From the Cathedral, we took a cab to the Kelvingrove museum and archives (http://www.glasgowmuseums.com/venue/index.cfm?venueid=4). I guess it's been closed for a couple of years for a major overhaul. again, wow. T and I spent a good 1/2 of the day there. It's huge. A definite highlight was the pipe organ that was being played during lunch. Real "Phantom of the Opera" moment there.
And finally, we went across the street to the "Museum of Transport". A lot of historic vehicles/trains/boats. They've got a separate gallery upstairs going over the boats that were built in the Glasgow harbours. and there is a LOT of them.
As we've learned, the best way to end the day is over a beer. We went to an Aussie pub (T was giving it to a couple of locals who were cheering for the team playing against Canada in the Rugby World Cup.... I thought she was gonna take them outside...heh heh) for dinner and a couple of pints of the good stuff.
Although they began to build the Cathedral in 1197 (took 200 years), there have been "holy" things on the ground there going back to 397. that's old. Just think, the guys who were building the cathedral were saying the same things back in the 1200s. "ach, that's some old shite". After stumbling around the cathedral and the graveyard, we were sitting down for some tea. I said to T that Saint Mungo was supposedly burried in the basement and an old dude at the next table said, "that's not exactly right". He came and sat with us and chatted for at least 1/2 an hour.
From the Cathedral, we took a cab to the Kelvingrove museum and archives (http://www.glasgowmuseums.com/venue/index.cfm?venueid=4). I guess it's been closed for a couple of years for a major overhaul. again, wow. T and I spent a good 1/2 of the day there. It's huge. A definite highlight was the pipe organ that was being played during lunch. Real "Phantom of the Opera" moment there.
And finally, we went across the street to the "Museum of Transport". A lot of historic vehicles/trains/boats. They've got a separate gallery upstairs going over the boats that were built in the Glasgow harbours. and there is a LOT of them.
As we've learned, the best way to end the day is over a beer. We went to an Aussie pub (T was giving it to a couple of locals who were cheering for the team playing against Canada in the Rugby World Cup.... I thought she was gonna take them outside...heh heh) for dinner and a couple of pints of the good stuff.
Posted by: Ryan / 9:43 AM 
